Tim Redmond

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Tim Redmond has been a political and investigative reporter in San Francisco for more than 30 years. He spent much of that time as executive editor of the Bay Guardian. He is the founder of 48hills.

City Hall

Supes delay changes in remote public comment—for one week

February 28, 2023

Dorsey talks of a possible compromise as several members say they don't want to prevent callers who can't get to City Hall from participating in meetings.

Business + Tech

Democrats like me are sick of billionaires getting their way—and then whining

February 27, 2023

Michael Moritz is the latest to say the left is ruining SF. Except that the left doesn't run the city. He seems to want a plutocracy—and he controls a major local news outlet.

The Agenda

Saving residential hotels, limiting public comment—and the budget process begins

February 26, 2023

Plus: Why Downtown failed, and what we can learn. That's The Agenda for Feb. 27-March 5.

Crime

DA Brooke Jenkins is getting a total pass from the local news media

February 24, 2023

Crime is as bad as it was under Chesa Boudin. But none of the outlets that attacked him are holding the new DA accountable.

Business + Tech

How the Chron creates misleading, inaccurate narratives that lead to bad public policy

February 22, 2023

The poor scooter company that had to leave town turns out to be a bad civic actor—and a lot of folks are glad it's gone.

Development

The price of corruption: Families face eviction from illegal units in Portola

February 21, 2023

Developer cheated. City officials allowed it. Now the tenants have to pay.

LGBTQ

The New York Times has done serious damage with its coverage of trans people

February 19, 2023

There's no such thing as 'objectivity' when it comes to basic human rights.

Police

American policing is broken—and the history of Oakland cops helps explain why

February 16, 2023

A brilliant, incisive new book exposes the corruption on one city, and its lessons for policing in the US. We talk to the authors.

Crime

A new attack on SF’s sanctuary laws makes no sense—except as a political tool

February 15, 2023

Immigrants have been scapegoats for much of US history, and now Breed and Jenkins are doing it again.

News + Politics

House Democrats, including Pelosi, vote for far-right, 1950s-style red-baiting resolution

February 14, 2023

Why is SF's rep viciously attacking 'socialism?' And what about the horrors of capitalism?